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Friday, 29 November 2019 11:01

ملاحظات حول بيان وزارة إعلام النظام الإريتري

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أصدرت وزارة إعلام النظام الإريتري اليوم 28 نوفمبر بياناً احتوى على 10 نقاط فصلت ما قالت إنه مخطط قطري يستهدف استقرار إريتريا. في سطره الأخير حمل البيان قطر مسؤولية الأحداث القبلية التي شهدتها بورتسودان مؤخراً. في اعتقادي أن السطر الأخير هو الهدف الرئيس من إصدار البيان ولأن النظام ليس لديه ما يقوله هنا فقد جاء في البيان إن تفاصيل على علاقة بالموضوع ستنشر قريباً.
فيما لي بعض الملاحظات حول البيان:
1- يأتي البيان في إطار سياسة جديدة بدأها النظام عقب ما حدث في 21 يناير 2013 عندما وصف الذين تحركوا في ذلك اليوم في اجتماعات مغلقة لمؤيديه بأنهم إسلاميون كانوا يريدون استلام السلطة. وقد خرجت هذه السياسة إلى العلن عندما انضم النظام لمحور السعودية – الإمارات المعادي للإسلام السياسي في 2015 كنوع من الابتزاز للحصول على المال والدعم السياسي من حلفائه.
2- توقيت هذا البيان يأتي فغي ظل المساعي التي تُبذل من أجل تحقيق السلام في السودان وفي إطار المنافسة مع قطر التي كانت قد استضافت مفاوضات سلام دارفور بينما استضاف هو مفاوضات شرق السودان.
3- التخويف بالإسلام السياسي موجه أولا للحليف الإقليمي للحصول على المزيد من الدعم المالي والسياسي ولقوى إعلان الحرية والتغيير في السودان لإيجاد أرضية للعمل معها حول ملف السلام.
4- البيان موجه أيضاً إلى الحكومة السودانية لصرف انتباهها عن حقيقة دور النظام الإرتري في شرق السودان وقد يكون للبيان علاقة بنتائج زيارة حمدوك الأخيرة ومباحثاته حول ملف السلام.
5- أخيراً البيان يأتي في إطار نفس سياسات النظام التحريضية وسط قواعده التي تستند إلى التخويف الطائفي وتشويه المعارضة الإريترية وللتغطية على انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان الفظيعة التي ارتكبها ضد الشعب الإريتري والتي لا يزال يرتكبها.

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November 29, 2019

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In Solidarity with the Catholic Church of Eritrea and Victims of Religious Persecution in Eritrea

We, Eritrean-Canadians and friends from all parts of Canada, are holding a rally in front of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, 111 Wellington St, to protest the actions taken by the Eritrean government against religious institutions, especially against the confiscation of schools and health centers of the religious institutions. Similar widespread rallies were held in many parts of the world, including the USA and UK.

According to the UN, the Eritrean government has committed crimes against humanity in a widespread and systematic manner, including rape, enslavement and murder. Severe restrictions against religious institutions continued unabated. Thousands of Pentecostals remain in detention. Eritrean Muslims face severe persecution. The highly-respected nonagenarian, Haj Musa, died in prison in March 2018. The 90-year old Patriarch Antonios, the head of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, was forcibly removed from his position and remains in house arrest. 

Instead of introducing the much-anticipated domestic reforms after the peace deal with Ethiopia signed in July 2018, sadly, the government instead felt emboldened to intensify its repressive measures. The mandatory forced national conscription of young Eritreans is still in place. The ratified constitution of 1997 remains unimplemented. In the aftermath of the peace accord, more than 20, 000 Eritreans fled Eritrea and crossed into Ethiopia and Sudan to seek refugee protection. 

The Catholic Church has a long record of providing vital health and education services to the poor and vulnerable segment of the Eritrean population. When the Eritrean Catholic church called for peace and reconciliation, the government launched a military raid on June 12, 2019. With this military raid, the government forcefully confiscated schools and health centers of all faith groups, which includes 29 Catholic Church health centers and seven schools that have been serving people of all faith for more than a century. The Bishops have written a persuasive letter opposing the actions and pleaded the authorities to return their properties. As the Catholic Bishops put it, “seizure of the educational and health institutions are contrary to the rights and the legitimate freedom of the Church and heavily limit the exercise of the postulates of faith, mission and social services.” To date, their plea has fallen on deaf ears.

The Eritrean Catholic Church is now confined to its church buildings and is prohibited from its rights to offer free health care and education. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Eritreans, including pregnant women, the elderly and children residing in remote areas, are denied to access these vital services.

Through our rally, we would like to express our solidarity with the Catholic Bishops, Patriarch Antonios and all the victims of religious persecution in Eritrea. Faith groups in Eritrea are facing persecution and restrictions unseen in their long and illustrious history. They need the support of

the international community, the Canadian public and the government. Moreover, the Eritrean people need and deserve the full services of their religious institutions.

Hence, we request the Canadian government to remain seized of the matter and to use its resources at its disposal to: 

  1. Request the Eritrean government to reverse its decision to close and confiscate, healthcare centers, clinics and hospitals run by the Catholic Church and other religious institutions in Eritrea.
  2. Free all individuals or groups incarcerated or placed under house arrest, due to their faith in Eritrea;
  3. Respect and follow international human rights laws, religious freedoms & liberty, and implement the rule of law in Eritrea.  

Yours Sincerely,

Organizing Committee

Eritrean Catholic Gee`z Rite Chaplaincy

 

References:

https://www.voanews.com/africa/hopes-dashed-ethiopia-eritrea-peace-process-stagnates

https://qz.com/africa/1662277/the-ethiopia-eritrea-abiy-isaias-peace-accord-glow-is-fading/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48660723

https://zenit.org/articles/acn-reports-on-situation-after-forcible-closure-of-church-hospitals-in-eritrea/

https://www.change.org/p/donald-j-trump-stop-religious-persecution-in-eritrea-b8d53ac0-2236-471f-8224-f869e3103729?recruiter=44730751&recruited_by_id=96e94650-7186-0130-225f-00221968d0e0&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_for_starters_p1_view&utm_content=bandit-starter_cl_share_content_en-us%3Av4

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/africa/news/2019-07/catholic-church-institutions-in-eritrea-are-at-the-service-of-al.html

https://www.csw.org.uk/2018/03/06/press/3858/article.htm

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Thursday, 28 November 2019 21:18

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Thursday, 28 November 2019 20:37

ህዝባዊ ኣኼባ ኣብ ኡፕሳላ

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ህዝባዊ ኣኼባ ኣብ ኡፕሳላ

7 December 2019

ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ጠቕላይ ሚኒስተር ኣብይ ኣሕመድ ብ 10 ጥቅምቲ 2019 ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ንኤርትራ ወኪሉ ንኽዛረብ ካብ ኢሳይስ ኣፍወርቂ ውክልና ከም ዝተዋህቦ ብወግዒ ብምእዋጁ: ናይ ኤርትራ ፖሊቲካ ውድባትን ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ዝውክላ ማሕበራትን ብሓባር ናይ ተቛውሞ መግለጺ ምውጽአን ይዝከር። ካብዚ ብምብጋስ እውን ካብተን ተቛውመአን ብሓባር ዘመዝገባ ውድባት ሰለስተ፣

  1. ኤርትርዊ ሃገራዊ ባይቶ ንደምክርያስያዊ ለውጢ
  2. ሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ
  3. ውድብ ሓድነት ኤርትራውያን ንፍትሒ: ንህዝቢ መግለጽን መብርህን ክህባ ኢየን።

ዕለት:- 7 december 2019

ግዜ:- 12.30-15.00

ቦታ:- Mission Kyrka st. Olofgatan 40 Uppsala

ብድሓን ምጹ

ኣድላዊ:- ኤርትራዊ ማሕበር ንደሞክራስን ሰብኣዊ መሰላትን

         ኣብ ኡፕስላን ከባቢኡን።

Thursday, 28 November 2019 11:17

Ethiopia a Title Away From a Berth in Lamu Port

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Photo: Laban Walloga/The East African
Under construction: Lamu port will have 32 terminals, one of which will be owned by Ethiopia, which has stakes in several other ports in the region, including Doraleh, Djibouti and Berbera.
 
23 November 2019

By Charles Onyango-Obbo

Ethiopia will own one of the berths in Kenya's Lamu port, and the two countries are working to speed up the issue of the title deed.

"When President Uhuru Kenyatta visited Ethiopia in March, Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy discussed with him the issue of a title deed for the land we've been allocated in Lamu where the berth will sit, and he undertook to have it speeded up," Ethiopia's ambassador to Kenya Meles Alem, told The EastAfrican in Nairobi.

President Kenyatta was in Addis Ababa in early March as a head of a large business delegation, and Prime Minister Abiy presided over a two-day Kenya-Ethiopia Trade and Investment Forum in the Ethiopian capital.

Over 400 business leaders from Kenya and Ethiopia attended the investment forum.

The two leaders said at the forum that the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (Lapsset), was central to the unlocking of the economic potential not just of their two countries, but of the entire East African region.

Progress on the Lapsset Corridor project, a vast undertaking of ports, pipelines, roads, and railways serving Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Sudan in the first phase, had been halting until the uptick in recent months.

In October, Kenya completed the first berth of the Ksh32 billion ($320 million) Lamu Port, and construction of a second berth is underway.

When completed, Lamu port will have 32 berths, with Kenya betting that would give it the edge in the intense port race along the Bab el-Mandab (which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden), and the Indian Ocean lane from Mogadishu to Maputo.

Mr Meles however denied suggestions reported in The EastAfrican that Ethiopia's recent rapprochement with erstwhile foe Eritrea, and stake and investment in several Horn of Africa ports, meant it was turning its back on Lamu and Lapsset.

Ethiopia has stakes in Doraleh, Port of Djibouti, Khartoum's largest seaport, Port Sudan, and has invested $80 million for a 19 per cent stake in Somaliland's port of Berbera, and is also seeking a holding in Eritrea's Assab port.

"Ethiopia is a country of 110 million people, and the Lamu port will be particularly critical for us in serving the southern part of our country," Mr Meles said.

"Kenya and Ethiopia have the longest standing mutual defence pact between two African countries, so our strategic interests have a long history and endure", he said. "With a title deed, we should be able not just to invest in Lamu, but more widely in Lapsset," Meles added.

The Kenya-Ethiopia Defence Pact was signed in 1964 between Kenya's founding president Jomo Kenyatta, and Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie.

Kenyatta and Selassie were very close, with the former enabling the latter to get a large piece of land a spitting distance from State House Nairobi to build the Ethiopian embassy.

The Kenyan Embassy in Addis Ababa is closer to the National Palace, located next to the major bigger Embassies such as Russia and Belgium.

Security angle

Meles couldn't be drawn to comment on the wider state of geopolitics in the Horn of Africa, but analysts say the 55-year-old defence pact, and the proliferation of foreign military bases in the Horn of Africa, mean that in the long-term, Lamu will present to Ethiopia a level of security other ports don't.

Ethiopia is the largest landlocked country by population in the world. Within the country's national security establishment, there is unease about the proliferation of foreign military bases in the Horn.

There are 10 military bases in the Horn of Africa, with six in Djibouti by the US, France, Italy, Japan, China and Saudi Arabia.

Eritrea hosts the United Arab Emirates base, and a Russian logistics base is also forming there. Somalia hosts a Turkish military training base, while the semi-autonomous territory of Somaliland hosts UAE's second base.

A berth at Lamu sitting on land that it owns, would give Ethiopia tremendous ability to hedge against strategic risk, in ways other Horn of Africa don't.

Indeed the ongoing new foreign policy debate in Addis calls for a stake over the Red Sea and, and diplomatic sources say Ethiopia also wants to launch a naval force. Such a force could, foreseeably, be based in Lamu.

Domestic demands

Ethiopia is currently one of Africa's fastest growing economies and, though landlocked, also has the continent's largest state-owned shipping line.

Prime Minister Abiy's reforms, have also opened the doors for long-pent up grievances and local nationalist demands to explode.

There are several new demands for regional autonomy, and more protests than can be counted on the finger tips. The country needs dramatic economic growth and creation of opportunities to soak up many of those demands.

Ethiopians with a sense of history will also be mindful that the domestic price for disruption in the Bab el-Mandab, and further north, can be high.

Scholars have noted that the 1967-75 Suez Canal closure, during the Egypt-Israel conflict had far reaching impact on world trade with a major increase in shipping costs from the Middle East, Asia and East Africa to Europe, and hit Ethiopia hard.

The resulting economic downturn contributed to unrest and the 1974 revolution that ousted Emperor Selassie. And that was at a time when Eritrea was still part of Ethiopia and it had a port. Now it doesn't.

Owning a small slice of terminal in Lamu port, even in a foreign land, would likely be a better deal for Ethiopia in the long term, than being a paying tenant at the mercy of a landlord in a vast port anywhere else.

 
 
Source=https://allafrica.com/stories/201911260543.html
 
Thursday, 28 November 2019 09:54

ሓድነትና፡ ዲክታተር እንስዕረሉ፡ መሳርሒና

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ዲክታቶራት ካብ ዝፈርሕዎ ብዙሕ ጉዳያት፡ ናይቲ ዝጭቁንዎ ህዝቢ ሓድነት ቀንዲ እዩ። ከምኡ ስለ ዝኾነ ከኣ ኣብቲ ናይ ወጽዓ ወንበሮም ምእንቲ ዕድሚኦም ከናውሑ ፍሉይ ቆላሕታ ሂቦም ዝሰርሕሉ ብዝተጸንዐን ቀጻልን ኣገባብ ናይቲ ዝገዝእዎ ህዝቢ ሕድሕዳዊ ምትእምማን ኣዳኺምካ ምፍልላዩ እዩ።

ዲክታቶራት ሓድነት ህዝቢ ንምብታንን ናይ ሕድሕድ ምትእምማኑ ንምድኻምን ዝመርጽዎ ቀንዲ ሜላ ነቲ ብግቡእ ምምሕዳርን ምጽውዋርን ክተሓዝ እንከሎ ናይ ህዝቢ ዓቕሚ ምንጭን መልክዕን ዝኾነ ብዙሕነት ምምዝማዝ እዩ። ካብቶም መግለጺ ብዙሕነት ህዝብና ዝኾኑ ሃይማኖት፡ ባህሊ፡ ቋንቋ፡ ጾታ፡ ከባብያዊ ኣሰፋፍራ፡ ዕድመ፡ ናይ ስራሕ ምክፍፋል፡ ገጠርን ከተማን ካልእን እቶም ቀንዲ ከም ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ዝኣመሰሉ ዲክታተራት ሓድነት ህዝቢ ንምልሕላሕን ምድኻምን ዝጥቀምሎም መዳያት እዮም።

ዲክታቶራት ነዚ ቀጻልነቶምን ዘይቀጻልነቶምን ዝውስን ዕማም ብሃንደበት ዝፍጽምዎ ዘይኮነ፡ “ኣይናይ እዩ ብቐሊሉ ተባሊሑ ሓድነት ህዝቢ ዝብትን?” ዝብል ሕቶ ዝምልስ እኩይ መጽናዕቲ ብምክያድ፡ ነዚ ዝበቅዕ በታኒ ዓቕሚ ሰብ ብምምዳብን ርቡሕ ንዋት ብምስላዕን እዩ። ኣብ ኣተገባብራ ከኣ ንሓንሳብ ንሓደ ስምዒት ንበይኑ መዚዞም ሰማይ ኣዕሪጎም ይጥቀሙ። ብድርብ ዝጥቀምሉ ግዜ እውን ኣሎ። በቲ ቅድም ዝሓዝዎ ሜላ ምድማዕ ምስ ሰኣኑ ከኣ እዋናዊ ኩነታት ርእዮም ካልእ መንገዲ ይቕይሱ። ኣብዚ እኩይ ተግባሮም ከምቲ ዝደልይዎ ከድምዑ ዝኽእሉ ግና እቲ ህዝቢ ነቲ ጉዳይ ክነቕሓሉ ክሳብ ዝኽእል ጥራይ እዩ። ህዝቢ ኣብ ልዕልቲ ምስጢር ሓያልነቱ ዝኾነ ሓድነቱ ዝእለም ተንኮል ምዃኑ ምስተረደአ ግና፡ ወዮ ዲክታተር ውዲታቱ ተቓሊዑ፡ ኣብ ጐልጐል ዝወግሖ ዝብኢ እዩ ዝኸውን። ሎሚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዳርጋ ኩሉ ብዝበሃል ደረጃ ነቲ ኣብ ሃገርና ዘሎ ዘሕዝንን ኣብ ቃልሲ ክትሕርን ዝድርኽን ኩነታት ኣስተብሂሉ፡ “ህግዲፍ ንጥፍኣተና ዝተላእከ ጉጅለ እዩ” ክብል ምኽኣሉ ከኣ ናይዚ ኣብነት እዩ።

ህግዲፍ ኣብ ልዕሊ ሓደ እምነት መጥቃዕቲ ክፍጽም እንከሎ፡ እቶም ካለኦት ኣመንቲ “እዚ ንዓና ዝምልከት ኣይኮነን” ብዝብል ድምጾም ክሓብኡ እዩ ዝጽዕር። እዚ ኣብቲ ህዝቢ ምድግጋፍን ሓድነትን ከይዓኩኽ ካብ ዝብል ዝጥቀሞ ሜላ እዩ። ካብ ነዊሕ ግዜ ጀሚሩ ኣብ ኦርተደኩሳዊት ቤተ-ክርስትያን ኤርትራ ኢዱ ኣእትዩ ክሳብ ምምዛዝን ምውራድ ፓትርያርክታት ኣብ ዝበጸሓሉ፡ እቲ ካልእ እምነታት ዝስዕብ ህዝቢ ድምጹ ከየስምዕ ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ “ንዓኻትኩም ስለ ዘይምልከት ኣፍኩም ሓዙ” ዝትሕዝቶኡ ስቱር ምልዕዓላት ኣካይዱ። ቀጺሉ ኣብ ጉዳይ ምስልምና ኣትዩ ቤት ትምህርቲ ምዕጻውን ምእሳር ዓገብ ንዝበሉ መራሕትን ሰዓብትን ምስ ኣካየደ፡ ናብቶም ካለኦት ኣመንቲ ዝነዝሖ ተመሳሳሊ ሰላሕታዊ መልእኽቲ ነይሩ። ኣብዚ ቀረባ እዋን ትካላት ካቶሊካዊት ቤተ-ክርስትያን ኤርትራ ክወርስ እንከሎ እውን ከምኡ።

እዚ ኣቐዲሙ ዝተጠቕሰ ሕልሚ ህግዲፍ እዩ። ብግብሪ ግና ሕልሙ ከምቲ ዝደልዮ ኣይተጋህደን። ምኽንያቱ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ “ጽባሕ እውን ነዓይ” ብዝብል ናይ ግዜ ጉዳይ እንተዘይኮኑ እቲ መርኣያ ከፋፊልካ ግዛእ ዝኾነ ወጽዓ ናብ ኩሉ ከም ዝልሕም ናይ ግድን ምንባሩ ተረዲኡ ኣንጻርቲ ኣብ ኩለን ሃይማኖታዊ ትካላት ዝተፈጥረ በደል ብሓባር፡ ኣብ ውሽጢ ሃገር ኮነ ኣብ ወጻኢ ብልዑል ድምጺ “ዓገብ” ይብል ኣሎ። እዚ ንዝርደኦ ስርዓት ኢደእግሩ ኣኪቡ ስልጣን ናብ ዋናኡ ህዝቢ ከረክብ ዘጠንቅቕ እዩ። ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ግና ሓንሳብን ንሓዋሩን ስለ ዝሰኸረ፡ በዘይካቲ ንሱ ዝሓስቦ ብጋህዲ ይኹን ብስዉር ዝንገሮ መልእኽቲ ዝቕበል ኣይኮነን።

ኣብዚ ነካይዶ ዘለና ቃልሲ ብዘይካቲ እዚ ኣቐዲሙ ዝተዘርዘረ ብዙሕነትና፡ ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ሓድነት ህዝብና መፍረሲ ከይጥቀመሉ ክንገብሮ ዝግበኣና ጥንቃቐ፡ ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ሓድነትና ናይ ምድልዳል ሓላፍነት እውን ኣሎና። ህግደፍ ፖለቲካዊ ኣተሓሳባና ከይሰጥም እውን ካልእ ዝሰርሓሉ እዩ። ገሌና ደገፍቲ ገሌና ተቓወምቲ ተበሃሂልና ክንናቖት ይሰርሕ። ገሌና ህግድፍ መወዳድርቲ ዘየብሉ ዲክታተር ስለ ዝኾነ ክውገድ ኣለዎ ክንብል፡ ገሌና ከኣ ከምቲ ንሱ ክበሃለሉ ዝደልዮ ሃገር ዘምጸአን ሃገር ዝሕሉን ንሱ ስለ ዝኾነ ይንበረልና ደኣ ክንብል ይጽበ። ነቲ ኣንጻር ወጻዒ ፖሊሲ ህግዲፍ ዝቃለስ ዘሎ ኣካል ገሌና ናይ ለውጢ ሓይሊ፡ ገሌና ድማ ናይ ወያነ ልኡኽ ወይ 5ይ መስርዕ ክንብሎ እሞ ኣቕጣጫና ስሒትና  ክንበኣሰሉ ይደልን ይሰርሓሉን።

ሎሚ ግና ህግዲፍ ኣብዚ መዳይ እዚ እውን ተሳዒሩ እዩ። ንህግዲፍ ዝድግፍ፡ ዝንእድ፡ ይንበረልና ዝብል ድምጺ ኣዝዩ ቅሂሙ እዩ። እቲ ኣዝዩ ትሑት ሰብ ከይሰምዖ እንዳፈረሐ ንህግዲፍ ዝንእድ ድምጽታት  ብብሕታዊ ረብሓታትን ሓለፋታት ዘውህብ ስልጣንን ዝተላዕጠጠ እዩ። ብኣንጻሩ እቲ ህግዲፍ ዲክታተርን ጸረ-ህዝብን እዩ፡ ህግዲፍን ናይ ጭቆና መሳርሒ ትካላቱን ይወገዱ፡ ኣብ መቓብሩ ከኣ ሕገ-መንግስታውን ብዙሕነታውን ዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት ይተኸል ዝብል ድምጺ ኣብ ኩሉ ኤርትራውያን ዘለዉሉ ከባብታት ዓለም ይሃምም ኣሎ። እቲ ኣብ ኩሉ ኩርነዓት ኣንጻር ህግዲፍ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ናይ ተቓውሞ ሰልፍታት ክሳብ ክንደይ ብዙሓት የሳትፍን ብኤርትራዊ ብዙሕነት ይውቅብን ከም ዘሎ ምዕዛብ ይከኣል። ስለዚ ሓድነትና፡ ዲክታተር እንስዕረሉ መሳርሒና ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ኣትኪልና ክንሰርሓሉ ዝግበኣና ናይ ምዕዋትና ቅደመ-ኩነት እዩ።

Thursday, 28 November 2019 09:52

ንፖለቲካዊ ሰልፍታት ምንጻግ ስልጣን ንምብሓት እዩ

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ቅድሚ ሎሚ ንፖለቲካ ናይ ዝኾነት ትኹን ሃገር ዘማዕብል ህላዌ ኣብዘሓ ሰልፍታት ኣግዳስነቱ ዕዙዝ ምዃኑ ብዙሕ ግዜ ተዘሪቡን ተጻሒፉን እዩ። ካብ የማን ክሳብ ጸጋም ወይ ትሒዘ-ጸኒሓዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ዘለወን ፖለቲካዊ ሰልፍታት ክምስረታ ኣድላይነት ኣለዎ። እዚ ምስረታ እዚ ግን ብሕጊ ናይታ ሃገር ዝወጸ ቅዋም ተገዚኤን ክኸዳን ከማልእኦ ዘለወን እውን ከማልኣ ግዱዳት እየን። ይኹን እምበር እዚ ናይ ፖለቲካዊ ሰልፍታት ኤርትራ ኣብ ዘይንቡር ህላዌ ስለዝርከባ  ኣብ ውሽጢ ሃገር ጥራይ  ክምስረታ ኣለወን ኢልና ክንገትአን ናይ ግድን ኣይኮነን።

ሰልፍታት እምበኣር ናይ ምብዘሐን ዘይኮነ ከዛርብ ዝግበኦ፥ እንታይ ደኣ ነየናይ ዕላማን ፖለቲካዊ ምሕደራን እየ ተወዲበን ዝነጥፋ ዘይምፍላጥ እዩ እቲ ዓቢ ጸገም። ስለዚ እቲ ህዝቢ መጀመርያ ንኣድላይነት ሰልፍታት፡ ጥቕመንን ጉድኣተንን ከጽንዕን ህላዌን ክኣምንን ክፈልጥ ይግባእ። ብድብድቡ ሰልፍታት ክህልዋ ኢልና ጥራይ ህዝቢ ዘይፈልጠን እንተኾይኑ ግና ዋጋ ክህልወን ኣይኮነን። ምኽንያቱ መላእ ህዝቢ ናይ ሓንቲ ሃገር ኣብ ሰልፍታት ክስለፍ ወይ ኣባል ክኸውን ኣይክእልን እዩ። ንኣብነት ኣብ ሆላንድ  ዝቕመጥ ብዝሒ ህዝቢ ኣስታት 17 ሚልዮን ኣቢሉ ይኸውን። ካብዚ ብዝሒ ህዝቢ እዚ፡ እቲ ናይ ሰልፊ ዕዮ ዳርጋ 45,000 ኣባላት ኣለውዎ። ኣብተን ዘለዋ ካልኦት ሰልፍታት ውን ካብዚ ናይ ሰልፊ ዕዮ ዝበዝሕ ኣባልነት የብለንን።

ፖለቲካዊ ሰልፍታት ኣብ ንሓድሕደን ብፖለቲካዊ ስነሓሳብ ክዋጠጣን ክካትዓን ግቡእ እዩ፥ ነዚ ገዲፈን ክጸላለማ፡ ዕግርግር ክፈጥራን ንህዝቢ ብዝፈላሊ ኣገባብ ክዋሳኣን ግን ብሕጊ የኽስሰንን ክሳብ ንሰልፈን ዝእገድ ደረጃ’ውን ይበጽሕ እዩ። እቲ ዘይንቡር ህላዌ ሰልፍታት ግን ኩሉ ከም ድላዩ ኣፉ ዝሃቦ ናይ ገዛእ ርእሱ ፍልስፍናን ስሚዒታዊ ራኢኡን ክዝርግሕ ይረአን ይስማዕን ኣሎ። ልክዕ እዩ  ዘይነኣድ ባሀሪ  ወይ ኣሉታዊ ጎኒ ናይ ሰልፍታት ክህሉ ናይ ግድን እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ባህርያዊ ተፈጥሮ ደቂ ሰባት ስለዝኾነ። ይኹን እምበር ካብ ሰልፍታት እንታይ ረብሓ ኣሎ እዩ እቲ ኣገዳሲ ክፍለጥ ዘለዎ ነጥቢ።

ሰልፍታት ምስቲ ኩሉ ጉድለታተን መንግስትን ህዝብን ዘራኽባ ኢየን። ማለት እቲ መንግስቲ ንድሌት ህዝቢ ዘየማልእን በቲ ቅዋም ተማእዚዙ ምስዘይከይድን እተን ሰልፍታት ነቲ ፖለቲካዊ ኩነታት ናብ ህዝቢ ንምብጻሕን፥ ህዝቢ ክርደኦ ንምግባርን ይጽዕራ። በዚ ኣቢልን ድማ ህዝብን ሰልፍታትን ነቲ መንግስቲ ተጽዕኖ ይገብርሉ። ነቲ ህዝቢ ዘጽደቖ ሃገራዊ ቅዋምን ስልጣን ከይበሓትን  እውን ይከላኸላሉ። ህላዌ ሰልፍታት ዋላ ኣብ ደገ ይኹን ኣገዳሲ እዩ።

ፖለቲካዊ ሰልፍታት ካብቲ ቀንዲ ዝህበኦ ጠቕሚ ውደባ እዩ። ውደባ ድማ ተካላዊ ኣሰራርሓን ቀጥዕን ስለ ዘለዎ፥ ንነፍሲ ወከፍ ሰብ ነቲ ንሱ ዝኣምነሉ ስርዓተ-ምሕደራን ስነሓሳብን ዘተኣናግድ እዩ። እዘን ሰልፍታት እዚአን ነቲ ዘለወን ፖለቲካዊ ሰነሓሳብ ኣብ ህዝቢ ሸይጠን፥ በቲ ህዝቢ ዝህበን ደገፍን ድምጽን ይምዘና። ስለዚ ሓደ ሰልፊ ኣብ ደገ ይሃሉ ኣብ ውሽጢ እቲ ዕላማኡ ንህዝብን ሃገርን ዘርብሕ ዲዩ ኣየርብሕን ዝመዝኖ እቲ ህዝቢ ካብ ኮነ፥ እቲ ህዝቢ ድማ ብአአን ኣቢሉ ኣተሓሳስባኡ ከማዕብልን ፖለቲካዊ ተሳትፎ ክህልዎን ሰልፍታት ብኢደ ወነነን ናብ ስልጣን ክመጻ ከምዘይክእላ ውህብ እዩ። ኣብዚ ግደ ሲቭላዊ ማሕበራትን ምንቅስቓሳትን ዓቢ እጃም ኣለወን። ንሱ ድማ ነቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ክትከል ዝድለ ንጹር ዝኾነ ስርዓተ-ምሕደራን፥ ንህዝቢ ብዛዕባ ዲሞክራሲያዊ መከላትን ሰብኣዊ መሰላትን ምስትምሃርን፥ ሕብረተሰብ ኤርትራ ብምሉኡ ሰላማውን ፍትሓውን ኮይኑ ዝህነጸሉ ብዕቱብ ክነጥፋ ይግበአን።

እምበኣርከ ብተዘዋዋሪ ይኹን ብቕጥታ ጸረ-ህላዌ ሰልፍታት ምኻድ ወይ እውን ኣየድልያን እየን ምባል፥ መጀመርያ ስነፍልጠታዊ ኣይኮነን ካልኣይ ድማ ንረብሓ ህዝቢ ኣይኮነን። ምኽንያቱ ውደባ ኢዩ ንናይ ዝተፈላለየ ፖለቲካዊ ሓሳባት ዘቕርብን ህዝቢ ድማ ካብቲ ፖለቲካዊ ሓሳብ ሰኒቑ ሚዛኑ ኣብ ልዕሊ ሰልፍታት ከንብር ባይታ ዝረክብ። ሎሚ ሎሚ ንፖለቲካዊ ሰልፍታት ብህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓሳት ይኹን ናይ ጸቕጢ ጉጅለታት ወይ እውን ዘይመንግስታውያን ትካላት ከም ተካእቲ ኰይነን ዝንቀሳቐሳሉ ይመስል ኣሎ። በዚ መስረት እዩ ድማ እቲ ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓስ ከምቲ መልክዕ ናይ ፖለቲካዊ ሰልፍታት ክውደብ ወይ ምስቲ ፖለቲካዊ መደብ ዕዩ ናይ  ዝቖማ ፖለቲካዊ ሰልፍታት ዝመሳሰል ኣገባብ ዝሕዝ ዘሎ። ስለዚ ፖለቲካዊ ሰልፍታት ይኹና ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓሳት ዝኸድኦ መስርሕ ዝመሳሰል ካብ ኮነ፥ ክልቲኡ ድማ ኣብ ደገ ካብ ሃለወ፡ ሓደን ኣድማዒ እቲ ካልእ ድማ ዘየድምዕ ገርካ ምውሳድ ቅኑዕ ኣይኮነን። ምኽንያቱ ኩሉ ፖለቲካዊ ሰልፍታት ይኹን ህዝባዊ ወይ ሲቪላዊ ምንቅስቓሳት ፖለቲካዊ ውደባ ዝብል ኣተሓሳስባ ዝሓዘለ ስለዝኾነ።

ስለዚ ነቲ ኩሉ መስርሕ ናይ ሰልፍታትን ማሕበራትን በቲ ቅኑዕ ትርጓሚኡን ኣቋቑማኡን ተኸቲሉ ምስዝጎዓዝ ተመላላእትን ተደጋገፍትን ኰይኖም ንዲሞክራሲያውነት ምድልዳልን ንምውሓስን፡ ምልኪ ንኸይስዕርር እውን ዓቢ ኣስተዋጽኦ ምሃለወን። ካብኡ ሓሊፉ እቲ መስርሕ ኣብ መንጎ ፖለቲካዊ ሰልፍታትን ሲቪላዊ ማሕበራትን ካልኦት ጉጅለታትን ብዓይኒ ምውድዳር እንተተዋሲኦም ንጹር ዘይኮነ ናይ ስልጣን ውድድር እዩ ክኸውን።

Wednesday, 27 November 2019 22:56

Eritrean “pro-government activist” carries out another London attack

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November 27, 2019 News

On Tuesday afternoon there was another attack on a journalist in the London area. This time the target was Amanuel Eyasu, the founder and editor of Assena TV.

The incident bore a striking resemblance to the attack on the journalist Martin Plaut in November 2018. Then a man who called himself Jacob Ghebremeohin posed as an Eritrean with information from home, arranged a meeting at the British Library before flinging a basin of milk, flour and eggs over Martin. Jacob Ghebremeohin was found guilty of assault, fined and bound over, for the attack.

Jacob Ghebremeohin during the attack on Martin Plaut

Yesterday’s attack on was allegedly also carried out by Jacob (or Yakob) Ghebremeohin.

Amanuel Eyasu says he was contacted by a woman who said she had come from Eritrea and wanted to share information with him. They arranged to meet at Putney Bridge Station at 2.30.

When Amanuel arrived he found a group of four or five men and one woman onlooker. They tried to corner him and to throw liquid over him, but he retreated towards the station, where the incident was captured on CCTV.

Some of the liquid went over his trousers, but most missed its target. There followed a fracas during which Amanuel defended himself, but received kicks to his legs.

Most of the assailants ran away, but one man – allegedly Jacob Ghebremeohin – was detained until the police arrived, when he was arrested. Amanuel, who gave the police a statement, refering to the prior attack on Martin Plaut, was not seriously injured, although he is bruised and his clothing has been damaged.

On hearing of the personal attack on Amanuel, the Chairman of Assenna Foundation, Habte Hagos said:

“I am shocked and appalled that such an attack has again happened in broad daylight on the streets  of London by PFDJ sympathisers. This is an unprovoked and cowardly act, and I commend the British police for their swift act in apprehending one of the attackers. The others have been captured on CCTV cameras and I am sure they will be in handcuffs before too long.

Unlike our fellow citizens in Eritrea, we live in a country where the rule of law is paramount and that no one can go around attacking people in the manner these brainwashed thugs have done without being punished.

Amanuel has tirelessly worked for his country, putting in as much as 20 hours 24/7 to expose the suffering inflicted on the Eritrean people by Isaias and his handful cliques over many years. Amanuel’s achievement in this regard is second to none and he is hugely admired by many peace loving and nationalist Eritreans across the world.

Like the cowards who attacked him, Amanuel could have kept his silence but he chose to speak out on behalf of his people. Only fools or people with interest can stand outside and clap their hands whilst an arsonists burns down their home – any ordinary person would of course try to stop them by all means.

Destruction is precisely what Isaias and his cliques are doing to our beloved country for which so much blood was sacrificed to liberate. These people do not care about the huge number of young Eritreans that perish in the desert and at sea to escape torture, enslavement and to simply live an ordinary life; to get education, to work and to start a family.

Rights denied to them by the unelected ruler in Asmara who childishly trivialise their suffering by asking “Who told them to go?”.  Isaias and his clique do not care about the Eritrean people. All they care about is ensuring, in anyway they can, for the world to remain ignorant of their crimes. This is why they attack justice seekers such as Amanuel.  


This cowardly attack on Amanuel will not stop the excellent work he does and has been doing for a long time. The Assenna Foundation Board is committed to supportin him in that endeavour. Lawyers have been informed of the brutal attack yesterday and Assenna Foundation Board will take all necessary action to bring the perpetrators to justice. 

We will fight injustice with justice. Our martyrs gave their lives in order we Eritreans can live in our homeland under the rule of law – free from oppression and fear. To build a country where every Eritrean wishes to live in rather than flee from.  Freedom is not free as we know it from our bitter history. Time to remain silent whilst our own people are tortured day in and day out is long gone – indeed silence is now complicit to the crimes being committed by Isaias.

We must peacefully fight to save our people and the very fabric of Eritrean society which Isaias is hellbent to destroy. Our martyrs expect no less of us. May they rest in peace.

Amanuel Eyasu holds MA in Journalism and MA in Information Management. Amanuel has worked as a head teacher, journalist and as the head of Eritrean News Agency, Asmara and Environs. He also worked as a Broadcast Media Coordinator with the BBC. As a journalist, Amanuel covered closed sessions of the Eritrean Cabinet for many years. He has interviewed senior politicians, including Isaias Afewerki and the late Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi. Amanuel is the founder of Assenna Foundation and current editor of assenna.com and Radio Assenna.

Source=https://eritreahub.org/eritrean-pro-government-activist-carries-out-another-london-attack

Wednesday, 27 November 2019 11:42

'ንጓል-ኣንስተይቲ ዘየኽብር ሕብረተሰብ ክብረት የብሉን' ኤርትራውያን ደቂ-ኣንስትዮ

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26 ኖቬምበር 2019

ኣልጋነሽ ገብረን ዘውዲ ተስፋማርያምን ናይ ምስሊ መግለጺ ኣልጋነሽ ገብረን ዘውዲ ተስፋማርያምን

 

ጓለንስተይቲ፡ ኣደ፣ ሓፍቲ፣ ሰበይቲ፣ ኣፍቃሪት እያ። ኣደ ኸኣ መብራህቲ ገዛ፡ ተስፋን ፍቕርን እያ። "ኣብዛ ዓለም ከም ወላዲት ዝልውህ ከም ወላዲት ዝርህርህ፡ ከም ወላዲት ዘፍቅር እንተዝነብር ጸገማትና ምተቓለለ" ይብል ንወላዲቱ እንክዝክር ንብዓት ዝቕድሞ ሃይለ ክብሮም።

ይኹን'ምበር ኣብ ዓለምና እቲ ዝበዝሐ ጭንቅን መከራን እትረክብ፡ ብዝወለዳ ሕብረተሰብ ተጨቊና፡ ብፍላይ ኣብቲ ብዙሕ መንቋሕቋሕታ (ኣፍልጦ) ትምህርትን ምዕባለን ዘይረኸበ ርሑቕ ገጠራት እትነብር ጓለንስተይቲ፡ ትሕቲ ደቂ-ተባዕትዮ ኣሕዋታ ከምእትረአ ተዛተይቲ እዚ ዕለት ኣልጋነሽ ገብረን ዘውዲ ተስፋማርያምን ይገልጻ።

እዛ ጭንቅን ጸገምን ደቃን ስድራኣን ንኽትኣሊ ብስራሕ እትድፋእ ጓለንስተይቲ እምበኣር፡ ልክዕ ከም አሕዋታ ደቂ ተባዕትዮ ክትክበር፣ ክትፍቀር ክትሕፈር ይግበእ።

ጓለንስተይቲ ማዕረ ዕድል እንተረኺባ፡ ከምቶም ተማሂሮም ናይ ዝተፈላለየ ዓውዲ ዶካትር፡ ህንጻን ድንድልን ዝሰርሑ መሃንዲሳት፣ መድሃኒት ዘቃምሙ ተመራመርትን ለይትን ቀትርን ዝፈላሰፉ ተመራመርትን ክትከውን ጸገም የብላን። ክሳብ ሕጂ ኸኣ ዓቕመንን ብቕዓተንን ንዓለም ብግብሪ ዘርኣያ ብኣብነት ዝጥቀሳ ደቀንስትዮ ውሑዳት ኣይኮናን።

ይኹን'ምበር ማዕርነት ደቀንስትዮ ብምልኣት ክረጋገጽን፡ ኩሉ ዓይነት ዘጋጥመን ዓመጽ ክውገድን፡ ገና ነዊሕ ጉዕዞ ከምዘድሊ ን25 ሕዳር ኣብ ልዕሊ ደቀንስትዮ ንዝወርድ ዓመጽን በደልን ንምውጋድ ከም መቃለሲትን መዘኻኸሪትን ዕለት ዝሓረያ ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ይገልጽ።

ኣብዚ ዛዕባ እዚ ዘተኮረ ጸብጻብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡

  • ሓንቲ ካብ ሰለስተ ደቀንስትዮ፡ ኣብ ህይወተን ብመጻምድተን ወይ ቀረባ አዕሩኽተን ኣካላዊ ማህረምቲ ከምዘጋጥመን
  • ኣብ ዓለም እተን 52% ኣብ ሓዳር ዝርከባ ደቀንስትዮ ጥራይ፡ ብዛዕባ ድሌት ጾታዊ ርክብ ኮነ፡ ምጥቃም መከላኸሊ ጥንስን ኣተዓባብያ ቖልዑን ብናጽነት ክውስና ከምዝኽእላ፡ ዝተረፋ ግን ካብቲ ስእሊ ወጻኢ ምዃነን
  • ኣስታት 750 ሚልዮን ደቀንስትዮ፡ ዓቕመ ሄዋን ቅድሚ ምብጽሐን ከምዝምርዓዋ፤ ኣስታት 200 ሚልዮን ከኣ ብቑልዕነተን ከምዝኽንሸባ
  • ኣብ ዓመተ 2017 ጥራሕ፡ ንኣብነት፡ ሓንቲ ካብ ክልተ ደቀንስትዮ ብአዕሩኽተን ወይ ብስድረአን ከምዝቕተላ፤ ካብ ደቂ ተባዕትዮ ግን ሓደ ካብ 20 ጥራይ ተመሳሳሊ መጥቃዕቲ ከምዘጋጥሞ ይሕብር።

እዚ ኣሃዝን ቁጽርን'ዚ፡ ነቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ነብሲ-ወከፍ ብስታስቲክስ ዝተወከለት ጓለንስተይቲ ንዝወርድ ዛንታታት ዓመጽን ግህሰትን ኣይገልጾን እዩ።

ሰልፊ ተቓውሞ ዓመጽ ኣንጻር ደቂ ኣንስትዮ፤ ሜክሲኮ 2016 Image copyright AFP/Getty images

ኣብ ገሊአን ደቀንስትዮ ዝፍጸም ግፍዒ መጻሕፍቲ ዘይኣኽሎ'ውን ክኸውን ተኽእሎ ኣሎ። ኣብቲ ኣሃዝ እትሳቐ ጓለንስተይቲ፣ እትቑንዞ ኣደ ወይ ሓፍቲ፣ እትነብዕ በዓልቲ ቤት ኣላ። ኣብቲ ናይ ውክልና ቁጽሪ ብሰንኪ ኣብ ኣዴታቶም ኣሕዋቶም ዝፍጸም ዓመጽን በደልን ዝሳቐዩ ሕጻናት ቖልዑን ኣለው።

እዘን ነዚ ዕለት ኣመልኪተን ምስ ቢቢሲ ትግርኛ ቃለ-መሕትት ዝገበራ ኣብ ጉዳይ መሰላት ደቀንስትዮ ዝነጥፋ፡ ኣባል ማሕበር ተበግሶ ደቂ-ኣንስትዮ ጀርመን፡ ኣልጋነሽ ገብረን ኣባል ማሕበር ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ስዊዘርላንድ ዘውዲ ተስፋማርያም ካብ ጄነቫ ስዊዘርላንድን፡ ንኣገዳስነት እታ ንምውጋድ ዓመጽን ግህሰትን ደቂ-ኣንስትዮ ዝተወከለት ዕለት ተመሳሳሊ ሓሳብ እየን ዝህባ።

ንሳተን፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ደቂ-ኣንስትዮ፡ ኣብ ቤትን ግዳምን ዝፍጸም ጾታውን ኣካላውን መጥቃዕቲ ኣብ ዓለምና ግኑን ምህላው፡ ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ከኣ ኩለን በዚ ጉዳይ እዚ ዝግደሳ ኣባል ሃገራትን፡ ዝምልከቶም መሻርኽትን ነዚ ኣብ ልዕሊ ፍርቂ ኣካል ሕብረተሰብ ዓለም፡ ኣብ ኣዴታት፣ ኣሓት፣ መናብርቲ፣ ሰብ ሓዳር ፍቑራት ዝፍጸም ግህሰት ጠጠው ንኽብል፡ ውሁድ ቃልሲ ንክግበር ከምዝጸወዐ ብምዝኽኻር፡ ንቕሓት ሕብረተሰብ ክሳብ ዝዓብን ዝብርኽን፡ ጉዳይ ደቂ ንስትዮ ከም ኣውደኣመት ኣብ ዓመት ሓንሳብ ዘይኮነ፡ ብቐጻሊ ክዝረበሉን ክጉስጎሰሉን ይግባእ ይብላ።

ደቂ-ኣስትዮ ኣሓት፡ ብሰንኪ እቲ ዘዕበየን ኣባታዊ (ፓትሪያርካል) ሕብረተሰብን ባህላዊ ጸቕጢን፡ ንዘጋጠመን ጸገም ከይተዛረባሉ፡ ብውሽጠን እናተሳቐያ ሰቲረንኦ ዝጓዓዛ ውሑዳት ኣይኮናን።

"ከብዲ እኽሊ ጥራሕ ኣይኮነን ዝዓቁር ስተርዮ ደኣ!" ስለዝተባህላ፡ ዘድልን ዝግባእን ሕክምናን ምኽርን ሓገዝን ከይረኸባ፡ ለይቲ ለይቲ ካብ ድቃስ ዘባህርረን ክንደይ ጸቕጥን ግፍዕን ሰቲረን ዝኸዳ ደቀኣንስትዮ ውሑዳት ከምዘይኮና፡ እዘን ተጣበቕቲ መሰላት ደቀንስትዮ ተዛተይቲ የረድኣ።

71 ሚእታዊት እተን ኣብ ግዳያት ንግዲ ደቂ ሰባትን ስውር ጾታዊ ምዝመዛን ዘጋጥመን ደቂ ኣንስትዮ እየን። ከምዝን ከምዝን ክንገብረልክን ኢና፣ ናብ ዝበለጸን ዝማዕበለን ዓለም ክንወስደክን ኢና። ሽዑ ሰሪሕክን ህይወትክንን ህይወት ስድራኽንን ትቕይራ ተባሂለን፡ ተደሊለን ካብ ቤተን ወጺአን ኣብ ኢድ ነጋዶ ደቂ ሰባትን ዘይሕጋውያን ኣሰጋገርትን ወዲቐን፡ ዳሕራይ ግዳይ ዘይደልየኦን ዘይመርጸኦን ወሲባዊ ስራሕ ኮይነን፡ ህይወተን ዝተበላሸወ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ውሑዳት ኣይኮናን።

ኣብ ኣባታዊ ሕብረተሰብ "ጓል ኣንስተይቲ ሓንሳብ ዕድላ እንተተሰይሩ ኣኺሉዋ እያ" እናተባህለት ስለእትዓቢ፡ ጓለንስተይቲ ቅድሚ መርዓ ኮነ ኣብ ሓዳራ፡ ኣካላዊ ማህረምቲ እንተጋጢሙዋ'ውን ኣይትዛረበሉን።

እንተ ተዛረበት'ውን ብባህልን ሃይማኖትን እናተመኽነየ፡ ዝወለደት እንተኾይና ከኣ "ንዒ ነዞም ቆልዑ ረኣዪ ንዐኦም ክትብሊ ተጸቐጢ" እናተባህለት ወትሩ ኣብ ወጽዓ ከምእትነብር ዘውድን ኣልጋነሽን ኣረዲአን።

ይኹን'ምበር ሕጂ ኣብ ዓለም ተዛማዲ ንቕሓትን ኣፍልጦን ይዓቢ ስለዘሎ፡ ኣብዛ ዕለተ ዝኽሪ ግህሰት ደቀንስትዮ ብዙሓት ወጽዓን በደልን ዘጋጠመን ሓያሎ ደቀንስትዮ፡ ነቲ ዘጋጠመን ጸገማት ኣብ ቅድሚ ህዝቢ ወጺአን ይዛረባሉ ስለዘለዋ ዓቢ ንቕሓት ይፍጠር ኣሎ።

ኣብ ሆሊውድ ብዝተፈላለየ ምኽንያት ጾታዊ ግህሰት ዘጋጠመን ደቀንስትዮ፡ '#ሚቱ' (#MeToo) 'ንዓይ እውን ኣጋጢሙኒ እዩ' ዝብል ጎስጓስ ኣብ ልዕሊ ደቂ-ኣንሰትዮ ንዝፍጸም ግህሰት ዓቢ ንቕሓት ደሪዑ እዩ።

ሎምዘበን'ውን ዝተፈላለያ ደቀንስትዮ፡ ኣብ ሓዳር ንዘጋጥም ኣካላዊ ማህረምቲ፡ ዋላ'ውን ኣብ ሓዳርን ምስ መጻምድትኻን ብዘይ ፍታው ንዝስግደድ ጾታዊ ርክብ፣ ንጸርፍን ምንሻውን፣ ኣብ ጎደና ምልኻፍ፣ ብኣካል ምትንካፍ፣ ንምድላልን ምትላል ዝምልከት ጉዳይ ክዛረባሉ እየን።

ሕብረተሰብ ዓለም፡ ነዚ ጉዳይ እዚ ዓጢቑ መታን ክቃለሶን ክጉስጉሰሉን ከኣ፡ ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ኩለን ኣባል ሃገራትን ዝምልከቶም መሻርኽትን፡ ነዚ ኣብ ልዕሊ ፍርቂ ኣካል ሕብረተሰብ ዓለም፡ ኣብ ኣዴታት፣ ኣሓት፣ መናብርቲ ሰብ ሓዳር፣ ፍቑራት ዝፍጸም ግህሰት ጠጠው ንክብል ውሁድ ቃልሲ ንክግበር ይጽውዕን የጎሳጉስን ኣሎ።

ኣብ መወዳእታ እምበኣር እተን ተዛተይቲ ኣሓት፡ ንነብሰን ሓዊሰን ደቀንስትዮ መሰልናን ክብርናን ንክረጋገጽ፡ ክንመሃር፣ ዓቕምና ከነዕቢ፣ ህሉው ፖለቲካውን ማሕበረ ቁጠባውን ከባቢናን ሃገርናን ክንፈልጥን ከነጽንዕ ይግባእ፡ ድሕሪ ምባል ጉዳይ መሰልን ክብርን ደቀንስትዮ ኣብ ዝኽሪ ኣህጉራዊ መዓልቲ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ፡ ብቐጻሊ ክዝረበሉ ከምዝግባእ ኣዘኻኺረን።

Source=https://www.bbc.com/tigrinya/news-50555181

Tuesday, 26 November 2019 21:18

Africa: More Austerity for Developing Countries - It's Bad News, and It's Avoidable

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The International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C.
25 November 2019

By Isabel Ortiz and Thomas Stubbs

Washington DC and London — After years of austerity, a number of Eurozone countries are now considering expansionary fiscal policies. And in the UK, government spending is set to return to levels last seen in the 1970s. But austerity abounds elsewhere in the world, including in some of the poorest countries.

Since 2010, governments around the world have been cutting public expenditure. New research found that about 75 per cent of the global population, or 5.8 billion people, will be in countries undergoing austerity by 2021.

This new wave of austerity will commence next year and will affect 130 countries, most of which are in the developing world. As many as 69 countries will undergo "excessive contraction", cutting expenditure below levels achieved prior to the global financial crisis of 2007. The list includes countries with dire development and human needs, such as Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Iraq, the Republic of Congo, and Yemen.

Rather than investing in a robust recovery to bring prosperity to citizens, governments are cutting pensions, public sector wages (including those of teachers and health workers), social assistance, and labour protections. Yet, the social consequences of austerity policies are already painfully clear. Millions of people will be pushed into poverty as a result, many of them women, children, and persons with disabilities.

In the developing world, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) advises governments to undertake austerity reforms either as part of its regular surveillance missions, or when countries have to sign up to its structural adjustment programmes to borrow money.

While the IMF claims to protect social spending in these programmes, independent research proves otherwise. IMF-mandated policy reforms led to cuts in government education and health (pdf) spending, increased income inequality (pdf), reductions in labour rights (pdf), declining access to healthcare, and a rise in neonatal mortality in developing countries.

Beyond these direct effects on social protection, there is another less-recognized problem. By shedding qualified civil servants, IMF austerity prescriptions have undermined the administrative ability of governments to deliver effective public services in the future. Recent evidence also shows IMF-imposed tax reforms do not result in greater government revenues. It simply reshuffles where revenues come from: more from regressive goods and services taxes, and less from other sources. This represents a passing of the buck onto the poorest members of society.
The recently completed Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank presented an opportunity to take stock of the damaging consequences of austerity. In the wake of widespread protests in Ecuador's ongoing IMF programme, continuing from earlier protests in Argentina, the need for an alternative path was especially pressing. Critical observers hoped for intellectual leadership and concrete commitments away from austerity. What they got was more of the same: trumped-up statements on the need to strengthen social spending, but with a bottom-line of fiscal belt-tightening.
Austerity does not need to be the "new normal." One of the most disturbing conclusions after the past decade of austerity is that these budget cuts were never actually necessary. Governments could -- and should -- have pursued alternative policy options. These would have brought prosperity to citizens and avoided the current wave of social discontent.

Even in the poorest countries, governments can create fiscal space. Public services and investment can be funded through progressive taxation, a crackdown on illicit financial flows, improved debt management, more accommodative macroeconomic frameworks, and -- in the case of the poorest countries -- lobbying for more aid. For example, more than 60 countries have renegotiated sovereign debt in recent years, allowing governments to spend less in debt service and more in necessary development expenditures.

These strategies for increased funding are consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals, agreed upon by 193 countries in September 2015 at the United Nations, with specific commitments for universal education, health, and social protection.

Meeting these internationally agreed development goals means putting-to-bed the damaging austerity policies of the past decade. Most importantly, it entails recognition that an austere future is an avoidable catastrophe.

Isabel Ortiz, a former director of the International Labour Organization and UNICEF, is director of the Global Social Justice Program at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University.

Thomas Stubbs is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London, and a Research Associate in Political Economy at the Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge.

Source=https://allafrica.com/stories/201911260122.html

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